Racing Club 10K/5K Race: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Avellaneda)

A finish line inside El Cilindro

This race finishes in Racing Club’s own stadium. La Carrera de Racing Club takes place on Sunday, December 6, 2026, in Avellaneda. The 10km, 5km and 1km courses all end at Estadio Presidente Perón.

The stadium got its nickname, El Cilindro, from its shape. It is a rounded concrete bowl that opened in 1950, and few stadium designs in South America look like it. Most marathons finish beside a road barrier. Here you finish surrounded by the stands of a club with seven Argentine league titles and a 1967 Intercontinental Cup.

Picking your distance

Each of the three distances suits a different runner:

• 10km: the longest option, for regular runners.
• 5km: for casual runners, and many club members run it with friends.
• 1km: a short run that families usually use for children and first-timers.

Registration, race kits, start times and fees all come from the organiser, Racing Club. The guide gives no figures for any of them because none are listed in our facts.

December is early summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and Buenos Aires mornings can already be warm and humid. Runners from the area usually treat hydration as part of the race plan.

Reaching Avellaneda

Avellaneda is a separate municipality from Buenos Aires. It sits across the Riachuelo river from La Boca and Barracas, and the trip from the city centre is short.

• Train: the Roca line runs from Constitución to Avellaneda station in a few minutes. From there the stadium is a walk through the town.
• Bus and car: many colectivo (city bus) routes cross the Pueyrredón bridge into Avellaneda. On race morning, parking near the stadium is tight because the roads around it are closed for the course.
• Landmark: Independiente’s stadium, Estadio Libertadores de América, is only a couple of blocks from El Cilindro. Being able to see one club’s ground from the other is the best-known fact about Avellaneda’s derby rivalry.

Visitors usually stay in Buenos Aires neighbourhoods like San Telmo or Monserrat and ride across for the day. Both are near Constitución.

Race-day manners in Racing’s barrio

Locals call the club la Academia. Wearing its sky-blue and white is normal at this race, though nobody requires it. Wearing Independiente red would get noticed, however friendly the event is.

A few local habits make the day easier:

• Language: your race number is the dorsal or número, and the T-shirt is the remera. The kit collection before the race is the retiro de kits.
• Paying: around Avellaneda, people mostly pay with Mercado Pago QR codes or cash. Kiosks near the station don’t always take foreign cards.
• Groups: running clubs, called grupos de running, usually come in matching shirts and wait together near the start. Spectators gather along the final approach to the stadium.
• After the race: many runners stay on to walk around the outside of El Cilindro or take photos at the stadium gates. On a Sunday, that is part of the outing.

Avellaneda is a working town and its Sunday mornings are quiet. Cafés along Avenida Mitre are the usual meeting spot when families come to meet their runners.